Nigeria’s former vice-president Atiku Abubakar repeated bids for the presidency have excluded a renewal of political landscape in upcoming presidential elections in 2019. Having failed four times for the top job claims, the 71-year-old political veteran again has been given chance by the main opposition PDP party to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari in February’s election.PDP Abubakar…
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Opposition elects Buhari challenger
This weekend Nigeria’s main opposition party selects its candidate to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari in the elections in February 2019. Nigerian opposition to pick presidential candidate as northwest… https://t.co/AOXIixJPd4 — Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) October 5, 2018 Recent defection of 13 candidates from Buhari’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) added tension to…
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